Exhibitions, collections, and distinctions

ONE-PERSON/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024 - Observations - Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021 - Above and Below - Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2020 - Gods and Goddesses in the Sky - Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2018 - Relativity Paintings - Arts & Innovation Center, Millville, NJ

2017 - Divergences (with Matthew Courtney) - Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2015 - Two Voices, One Hand - Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

- Metarealist Paintings - The Grand, Wilmington, DE

- It’s About Time - Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

- Abstractions on Paper - Five Points Coffee, Upper Darby, PA

2014 - Time Capsules - Pennswood Gallery, Newtown, PA

2013 - Paintings on Paper - Five Points Coffee, Upper Darby, PA

2011 - The Energy From Stars - Frostburg Museum, Frostburg, VA

2007 - Featured Artist - Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

2001 - Recent Monotypes - Philadelphia Java Company, Philadelphia, PA

2001 - Montage - The Porch, Upper Darby, PA

1990 - The Beethoven Nine - The Gallery at The Philadelphian, Philadelphia, PA

1971 - Flight Through Surrealism - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 - A Feast for The Eyes - Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila., PA

2024 - 2023 - Group Exhibit - Sellers Library, Upper Darby, PA

2021 - Seeing Double - Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ

2019 - Visual Democracy - City Hall Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

- Group Exhibit - Upper Darby Art Gallery, Upper Darby, PA

- Group Exhibit - Sellers Library, Upper Darby, PA

2018 - Group Exhibit - Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2017 - Invitational - Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2016 - 2015 - Annual Philadelphia Community Exhibition - 3rd Street Gallery, Phila., PA

2016 - 2015 - 2009 - 2003 - Annual Exhibition of Small Paintings -
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila., PA

2015 - 75ºwest/75ºoeste - Casa Tres Patios, Medellín, Colombia

- “Square Foot” Art Basel - Projects Gallery, Miami, FL

2014 - 2012 - 2008 - Dear Fleisher Invitational - Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2013 - Annual Juried Show - Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA

2011 - Winter Solstice Invitational - Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006 - 2004 - Gallery 314, Philadelphia, PA

2005 - Remembrance & Renewal - Annenberg Conference Center, Wynnewood, PA

2004 - Juried Alumni Show - PaFA, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Public and Corporate Collections

Coral Restoration Foundation, Tavernier, FL

Frostburg Museum, Frostburg, MD

McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY

National Park Service, Valley Forge, PA

Penguin Random House, NYC

SCSI Industries, Inc., Ocala, FL

Lawrence Factor, Inc., Miami, FL

AWARDS and DISTINCTIONS

2019 - Juror - Plastic Club, Dynamism

2018 - Juror - Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Being Human

2017 - Juror - Society of New Jersey Artists, Annual Members Exhibition

2013 - Jim Bachman Memorial Award -
Abington Art Center Annual Juried Show, Jenkintown., PA; (Juror: Ross L. Mitchell)

2002 - Scholarship - Violette de Mazia Trust, Bala Cynwyd, PA

2000 - Scholarship - American Artists Professional League, New York, NY

- Charles J. Frith Jr. Landscape Award - PaFA, Philadelphia, PA

1999 - Don Sabath Award - PaFA, Philadelphia, PA
Charles Toppan Prize- PaFA, Philadelphia, PA

1994 - Award for Illustration - Art Directors Club, Philadelphia, PA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012 - An Interview with Fred Kaplan Picturemaker - lorenfidalgoart.blogspot.com/; January

2011 - Frederic Kaplan Exhibition - Mountainside.com; March

2001 - Not to be missed: a front porch near you - Art Matters; July 11

- Kaplan’s work on display - News of Delaware County; October 31, 3D

- Artist Envisions Cultural Mecca in Upper Darby -
Delaware County Daily Times; July 12, 6 (reproduction)

- Bell’s Corner native has a passion for painting -
Northeast Times; May 30, 8 (reproduction); Nicole McLaughlin

1991 - Folcroft Artist Interprets Beethoven Classics -
Interboro News; September 27, 1 & 5 (reproductions); Thomas Melchiorre

EDUCATION

2003 - MFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2001 - Post Baccalaureate - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2000 - Painting Certificate - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2002 - Advanced Theoretical and Critical Studies in Fine Arts – Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA

1981 - Anatomy, Design, Photography - University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

FACULTY POSITIONS

2006 - Adjunct Professor of Painting and Drawing -
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2004 - Senior Adjunct Professor, Visual Arts -
Rowan College of South Jersey, Vineland, NJ